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Cereals, News, Oilseeds

In Brief… – for Feb. 10, 2011

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Demand exceeds production:Global soyoil consumption is likely to rise above production in the current season with Chinese and European demand remaining strong, Hamburg-based oilseeds analysts Oil Worldforecast Feb. 2.Oil World forecasts global Oct. 2010-Sept. 2011 soyoil production at 41.91 million tonnes, below estimated consumption of 41.98 million tonnes. “World consumption of soyoil continues to grow
Beef cattle, Livestock

Beef Plant Gains Russia Access

Russia has allowed beef imports from Cargill’s plant in Guelph, Ontario, as the world’s No. 2 beef importer gradually lifts restrictions it has had in place on Canadian plants since a 2003 discovery of BSE, or mad cow disease in Western Canada. Access to Russia will mean an additional $2 million in annual sales for
Livestock

Ottawa Broadens Food Discussions

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The federal government is broadening its consultations on food policy by launching a discussion with eight consumer organizations. The consumer round table was proposed last year in Sheila Weatherill’s report on the deadly 2008 listeria outbreak. It also dovetails with the Connecting with Consumers theme of the annual meeting of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture
News

Washington’s Tough New Food-Safety Law Could Affect Canada

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While it’s too soon to tell for sure, the new U.S. food-safety law could become another big headache for Canadian food exporters. The law, to be implemented over the next 18 months, gives the U.S. Food and Drug Administration powers similar to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, namely the authority to proactively protect the food
News, Other livestock

CFIA Testing For Scrapie

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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is urging sheep and goat producers to submit suspicious cases for scrapie testing as the number of confirmed cases in Canada is up to a level not seen since 2003. Eleven sheep flocks were confirmed to have seen cases of the reportable disease as of Nov. 30, up from six
Opinion

Government Can’t Do Much More Against Scary Stories

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Every time we get a recall of imported food we have another round of huffing and puffing that we’re not doing enough to protect Canadians; the media spend a day or two pushing scary stories about the awful dangers of imported food. The most recent alarm originated from the release of an internal Canadian Food
News, Poultry

Bird Flu A Red Herring For Chinese Poultry Ban

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They won’t be eating Manitoba turkey for Christmas dinner in China this year. China last week banned poultry imports from Manitoba because of a November outbreak of avian influenza at a turkey farm north of Winnipeg. But it’s a moot move because Manitoba doesn’t export turkey to China. “This is really a bit of a
Beef cattle, Livestock

Goal Shifts Away From Hooks, Slaughter Capacity

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AWinnipeg beef-processing plant being retrofitted to supply premium-paying markets at home and abroad reflects the new reality for beef processing in Canada, the executive director of the Manitoba Cattle Enhancement Council says. Canada’s shrinking beef herd means that simply expanding slaughter capacity is no longer the priority it once was, Kate Butler told a producer
Cereals, Crops

Seed Grower Costs To Go Up Slightly In 2011

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Fee increases by the Canadian Seed Growers Association will push the cost of producing pedigreed seed in Canada slightly higher in 2011. “We don’t like increasing fees any more than you like us increasing fees,” CSGA executive director Dale Adolphe told the Manitoba Seed Growers’ Associations’ (MSGA) annual meeting here Dec. 9. But he said

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